Agencies

Srinagar, Febraury 3: A woman aged around sixty died in a fire mishap Saturday morning in Rafiabad village, 20 kilometres away from Baramulla.

Officials said the woman was inside her residential house when the incident took place.

The fire broke out in the house of Ghulam Hassan Khan son of Sher Wali Khan resident of Lari Aagan village of Rafiabad, Baramulla. The structure was completely gutted in the mishap.

Police said that the old woman got trapped inside the house and died of burn injuries.

The deceased woman was identified as Begum Jaan. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.